Christ, the Fair Glory of the Holy Angels

Christ

the fair glo­ry of the ho­ly an­gels

Thou who hast made us

Thou who o’er us rul­est

Grant of Thy mer­cy un­to us Thy serv­ants

Steps up to Heav­en.

Send Thy arch­an­gel

Mi­chael

to our suc­cor;

Peacemaker bless­èd

may he ban­ish from us

Striving and hat­red

so that for the peace­ful

All things may pros­per.

Send Thy arch­an­gel

Ga­briel

the migh­ty;

Herald of Heav­en

may he from us mor­tals

Spurn the old ser­pent

watch­ing o’er the tem­ples

Where Thou art wor­shiped.

Send thy arch­an­gel

Ra­pha­el

the re­stor­er

Of the mis­guid­ed ways of men who wan­der

Who at Thy bid­ding strength­ens soul and bo­dy

With Thine an­oint­ing.

Father al­migh­ty

Son and Ho­ly Spir­it

God ev­er bless­èd

be Thou our pre­serv­er;

Thine is the glo­ry which the an­gels wor­ship

Veiling their fac­es.